sign in sign up
<<
Home , Brigid of Kildare

student, close companion, President’s Message and the woman who succeeded her.

Dia dhuit, was a precocious child, it seems. According to I wish I had something to tradition, Brigid was born in share with you, but I’ve got the year 451 AD in Faughart, nothing at this time, and I just north of in think you can understand , . why. Three biographies agree that However, soon there will be her mother was Brocca, a a break in the clouds and Christian Pict slave who had warmer weather upon us. So, Brigid of been baptized by Saint until then, wear a mask, Patrick. They name her wash your hands, continue and Ireland father as Dubhthach, a to socially distance and get is memorable in chieftain of . your shot. Ireland. It is the first day of The vitae say that Dubthach's As I have said before, the Spring, (hard to believe in wife forced him to sell Club will follow the science frozen Wisconsin), and it is Brigid's mother to a and we will gather together also and St. Brigid’s when she became pregnant. when it is deemed to be safe. Day. Brigid herself was born into Slan, She is one of Ireland's patron slavery. Legends of her early , along with Patrick and holiness include her vomiting Josh Walton . Irish when the druid tried to feed President Club of makes her an early Irish her, due to his impurity; a Wisconsin Christian , , and white cow with red ears president@shamrockclubwi foundress of several appeared to sustain her s.com monasteries of and instead. monks, including that of (Cont Page 2) Kildare in Ireland, which was famous and was revered. February Meeting The February 2021 Her feast day is 1 February, which was originally a pagan meeting is canceled. festival called Imbolc, Please be safe. marking the beginning of spring. Her feast day is shared by Dar Lugdach, who

tradition says was her

As she grew older, Brigid was to the Celtic goddess Brigid, Book of : "inter said to have performed served by a group of young sanctum Patricium miracles, including healing women who tended an Brigitanque Hibernesium and feeding the poor. eternal flame. The site was columpnas amicitia caritatis According to one tale, as a under a large oak tree on the inerat tanta, ut unum cor child, she once gave away ridge of Drum Criadh. consiliumque haberent her mother's entire store of unum. Christus per illum butter. The butter was then She supposedly laid out her illamque virtutes multas replenished in answer to cloak, when told she could peregit" (Between St. Patrick Brigid's prayers. have all the land underneath and St. Brigid, the pillars of Around the age of ten, she it, and it then flowed the Irish people, there was so was returned as a household outwards to cover all of the great a friendship of charity servant to her father, where Curragh. that they had but one heart her habit of charity led her to and one mind. Through him Brigid had her own brewer, donate his belongings to and through her Christ and once hung her cloak on a anyone who asked. performed many great sunbeam. works.) In both of the earliest Brigid is credited with biographies, Dubthach is founding a school of art, She shares her name with a portrayed as having been so including metalwork and Celtic goddess, whose day annoyed with Brigid that he illumination, which Conleth was also 1 February, o took her in a chariot to the oversaw. The Kildare Imbolc. King of Leinster to sell her. scriptorium made the Book While Dubthach was talking St. Brigid is said to have been of Kildare, which drew high to the king, Brigid gave away given the by St. praise from , his bejeweled sword to a Ninnidh when she was dying. but disappeared during the beggar to barter it for food Tradition says she died at . According to to feed his family. The king Kildare on 1 February 525 Giraldus, nothing that he recognized her holiness and ever saw was at all convinced Dubthach to grant Congratulate all the Bridgets, comparable to the book, his daughter freedom. He Brigids, Breeds and Brigittes every page of which was may have ended up in in your life this month. They gorgeously illuminated, and complete poverty otherwise. may have their own brewer, the interlaced work and the too. It is said that Brigid was harmony of the colors left "veiled" or received either by the impression that "all this Brian Witt St. Mac Caill, Bishop of is the work of angelic, and Cruachu Brig Ele (Croghan, not human skill" Make Your Own St ), or by St. Mél Brigid spent time in of Ardagh at Mág Tulach (the Brigid’s Cross Connacht and founded many present barony of Fartullagh, churches in the Diocese of Make your own St Brigid’s ), who Elphin. She is said to have Cross. Follow the link to the granted her abbatial powers. visited Longford, Tipperary, YouTube video and Tom According to tradition, Limerick, and South Leinster. Doyle can show you how. around 480 Brigid founded a https://www.youtube.com/ monastery at Kildare (Cill Her friendship with Saint watch?v=29ZbwPRXwis Dara: "church of the oak"), Patrick is noted in the on the site of a pagan shrine following paragraph from the Feiseanna In Spring Membership Chair Emerald Reflections Content for Emerald Reflections is due on the 18th to appear in the Welcome to Winter! March issue. Cashel Dennehy’s Winterfeis February Birthdays: E-mail submissions takes place on February 6 at 5 - Jack Noonan #90 preferred, send to: Brian Ingleside Hotel, Pewaukee. 6 - Mary Fisher Witt, Editor

6 - Patsy Tierney #80 emeraldreflections@shamro The 14th Annual Lavin- 11-Veronica Ceszynski ckclubwis.com Cassidy Feis will take place 11- Bob Towne Shamrock Club April 9 and 10 at 20- Nancy Vose 2133 West Wisconsin Ave The Grand Geneva Resort 25- Pete Fleming Milwaukee WI 53233 25- Sally Post and Spa, Lake Geneva.

27- Fran Pauls

27- Mary Koehler Good luck to all dancers. Word of the Month

Joan Cummings recently Chlog - (Chlog ) Clock. passed on. Ed Mikush Tá sé leathuair tar éis a sé a passed away in January, chlog. joining his wife, Betty. Tom (Taw shay lah-o tar-aysh a Cobb, Piping School founder, shay a hlug.) also passed away. It is a half hour after six o'clock. Brian Witt will be recovering Membership Dues For from surgery this month. 2020-21 Are Due Bob Towne, Chuck Membership dues for all McLaughlin, Cate Harris and renew in June of each year. Jean Bills have checked in However, due to the Covid this month providing 19 upset of this past year, chuckles and good health many people were unable to updates. pay. Many of us are dreaming of Dues are $24 for a single, getting our vaccines very and $36 for a family, and $18 soon. Remember to wear for dance families. your masks and keep social Please send your dues in to 2020/2021 Honorees distancing so that we can get Melanie Roepke at Shamrock As reported earlier in the all of this illness behind us. Club, 2133 W Wisconsin Ave year, our 2020 Honorees will Milwaukee WI 53233 be our 2021 Honorees. Maggie Blaha If you have any questions, Let us again congratulate Sunshine Chair please send them to Irishman Peter Fleming. Slainte4142- membership@shamnrockclu Irish Rose Maureen [email protected] bwis.com. McGarry Konkol, and Parade Thank you. Marshals Kathy and Bob Melanie Roepke Donovan. Virtual Chili unified decision to postpone the 54th Shamrock Club of Cookoff This Wisconsin St. Patrick’s Day February Parade scheduled for March One of the favorite things to 13, 2021. Both parties will do in winter for the past continue to work closely with decade was the annual Chili the Milwaukee Health Cookoff in February. (Thank Department and the City of you to its founder Veronica Milwaukee over the coming Ceszynski.) months and are hoping to Thank You For host a safe and successful We were thinking that Participating in the "Half-way to 's February is usually the chili Day" parade on September cook off. What if we did a Virtual Shamrock 25, 2021 Look for our virtual chili cook off, and ask Club Food Drive graphic on the back cover. people to make their chili at We want to thank all of the home, and post pictures of people who contributed Due to the gathering it? It might be a way to just money and food through the restrictions under the participate in something as a Shamrock Club and Hunger current Moving Milwaukee group and connect a little bit. Task Force Food for Families Forward Safely order, it is Holiday fund drive. unlikely we’d be able to host such a large-scale event in A few hundred dollars in early 2021. While there has contributions, both food and been progress in controlling money. the spread of COVID-19 locally, there are still many You can still continue to uncertainties going into the contribute by following the new year. link to our FFF page at We will run the cook off https://www.hungertaskforc This decision was easily through February. e.org/give/shamrock-club- made with the health and Submit your best chili recipe, wis-mke/ safety of our participants and via photograph. The Chili spectators in mind, and we photo must contain the Thank you for your are looking forward to images of the member(s), as generosity. celebrating in September if well. (No ringers allowed!) public health conditions allow. We encourage The winner will receive a everyone to keep wearing 60th Anniversary t-shirt. As your masks and social we cannot judge how good distancing so we can safely or bad it tastes, that is for celebrate again in the fall. your family to decide, there will be a random drawing for Please let me know if you those who summited a St Patrick Parade have any questions or photo. After careful consideration, concerns.

Email us your entry at the Shamrock Club of Regards, [email protected] Wisconsin and Westown Mike Boyle Cook away! Association have made the Parade Director The gift of a small gold- bound casket containing the St Valentine of earthly remains of this Whitefriars In had been exhumed from the cemetery of St. Hyppolytus on the So, it is February, and time to Tiburtine Way in Rome. It celebrate that great saint was placed in a golden casket buried in Ireland, St. and brought to Dublin, Valentine. where it was enshrined in Ireland has had St. Valentine the little church with great (literally) in their backyard ceremony. Shamrock Club of since 1836. That year, Wisconsin Contacts Gregory XVI sent a gift Each year, on February 14th, 2133 West Wisconsin Ave of St. Valentine’s remains to the casket containing Saint Milwaukee WI 53233 the Carmelite Church on Valentine’s mortal remains is [email protected] Whitefriar Street, Dublin. carried in solemn procession Melanie Roepke to the high altar of the membership@shamrockclubwis The gift was in recognition of Carmelite Church for .com the work of the church’s. a special Mass dedicated to Treasurer – Lisa Rott former prior, John Spratt. young people and those in [email protected] m Father Spratt was widely love. On this feast-day, there are special sermons and a Josh Walton – President recognized as a very holy [email protected] short ceremony for the man, who had gone to Rome m in 1835. His fame as a Blessing of the Rings for Mike Boyle – Parade preacher had gone before those about to be married. [email protected] him. mkesaintpatricksdayparade@g Throughout the year, mail.com the shrine is visited by couples who come to pray to Valentine and to ask him to watch over them in their lives together.

Whitefriar Street Church is run by the Irish Province of Carmelites. It is the home of many religious shrines. It has a website that provides 360 degree video tours of the Church and is quite a treat to visit.

http://www.whitefriarstreetc The elite of Rome went to hurch.ie/ hear him speak. He received An Cúinne Ciúin many tokens of esteem from - Patricia McNamee The Quiet Corner doyens of the church, Rosenberg including the Pope. Emerald Reflections Enjoy this corner of quiet. February 2016 Síocháin. Fr. Terry has said the Easter Irish Fest and his Hats for Fr. Terry Rising Mass for the majority Community, and his Faith for of the past fifteen years for decades. He needs our The Shamrock Club was the Shamrock Club. He has deepest prayers as he informed that Fr. Terry celebrated our short-lived prepares to enter into this Brennan has been diagnosed Halfway to St. Patrick Mass in fight. Please take a moment with Stage IV Glioblastoma, a the early 2000's. In addition, to pray for Fr. Brennan. We type of brain cancer. he has been a celebrant at are certain that he would the Shamrock Club's Mass in love to hear from you as Honor of St. Patrick. well.

Fr. Brennan retired as the Spanish teacher at MUHS. He had spent many years in South America teaching.

Please send all cards, hats, or correspondence to: Unfortunately, surgical Terry Brennan, S.J. intervention is not an option. St Camillus Jesuit Fr. Brennan has elected to Community fight this cancer aggressively 10201 W Wisconsin Ave with a combination of Wauwatosa, WI 53226 radiation and oral chemotherapy. Fr. Brennan's treatment will focus on For his Jesuit anniversary he maintaining his quality of life, hosted a big party and and gaining length of life. He treated 100 plus friends and is starting treatment on family to Irish Fest. Fr. Monday, February 8 for this Brennan was also a celebrant very aggressive brain cancer. annually at Irish Fest Mass and the celebrant of the Irish People recently spoke with Mass at St. Patrick’s for the him, and he said that he will St. Patrick’s Day celebration join the other bald Brennan for many years. He also said men in his family. the Easter Rising Mass annually and is one of the Judy Schwerm is organizing a absolute best Irish Tenors Hat Virtual Party for him. So, ever! if you could, please send him a hat to help him this nasty Fr. Terry is a native of Iowa. winter and also give him Fr. Brennan has been a support. dedicated servant to the

Emerald Society, The Shamrock Club, Milwaukee Shop Local Irish In 5423 W. Vliet St. Many think the ocean , Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53208 language, the friendliness or Milwaukee 414-940-8070 the beer, or that everyone Tuesday/Friday: 11 am – 6 looks more attractive. A We have had two longtime pm random selector will be used supporters of the Shamrock Saturday: 10AM - 4PM on February 12. Club who, during this past Sunday & Monday: CLOSED If you win, you can pick up year, have suffered through https://www.traleeirishimp your prize at Paws In New downturns. orts.com Berlin, 16040 W National Ave, New Berlin. Tralee Irish Imports have Mystic Ireland Gift Shop been a supporter of the Club closed its physical store in since their founding in 1983. August of 2020. However, they are still doing online business.

Anna and Clodagh McGuinness have one of the greatest selections of Irish

gifts available.

They have a variety of foods Mystic Ireland Gifts can be and gifts for purchase both in They carry Celtic Wedding reached via their website their physical store and bands, Celtic and Claddagh and Facebook for shopping. online. Jewelry of all price ranges. (920) 450-9218 Wedding gifts , Galway http://IrishstoreMilwaukee. For over 35 years, Tralee crystal, Aran Sweaters and com Irish Imports has served the Capes, Wild Goose bronze, greater Milwaukee Belleek, and of course All the Purchases can be picked up community as one of Irish and Guinness Apparel at Paws In New Berlin, 16040 Milwaukee's premier Irish W National Ave, New Berlin. foods and gift stores. They have selected the best

Celtic products for their Please, shop locally. Support Launched in 1983 by owner store. those who have helped us Maureen Murphy, Tralee out. Irish Imports continues to Mystic Ireland is having a offer a unique selection of drawing for Valentine’s Day. everyday food products and Valentines Giveaway, value a large variety of exceptional over $100 of Newgrange and eclectic crafted pieces - Martini glasses, sterling exclusive to the store. claddagh/trinity pendant, trinity bracelet and some Inis They are proud to be one of goodies. the premier locations for Ireland has often been Irish-themed goods in associated with the land of southeastern Wisconsin and Romance. Name one word beyond. that you think describes why

Ireland is romantic.

Tralee Irish Imports

Emerald Reflections Photo of the Month

The St. Patrick’s Parade has been postponed until September 25, 2021. Join us then!